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12-letter words containing a, t, e

  • accompaniest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of accompany.
  • accouchement — childbirth or the period of confinement
  • accouplement — a timber joist or beam that serves as a tie or support
  • accouterment — an accoutering or being accoutered
  • accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
  • accreditable — having the ability to be accredited
  • accretionary — Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion.
  • accrual rate — the percentage rate at which interest accrues on a mortgage, loan, etc
  • acculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of acculturate.
  • acculturates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acculturate.
  • accumulative — If something is accumulative, it becomes greater in amount, number, or intensity over a period of time.
  • accurateness — The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
  • accustomises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accustomise.
  • accustrement — the process of equipping with accoutrements
  • acenaphthene — (organic compound) A hydrocarbon, found in coal tar, derived from naphthalene by the addition of a short aliphatic bridge.
  • acenesthesia — loss of the physical awareness of one's body.
  • acetaldehyde — a colourless volatile pungent liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of organic compounds and as a solvent and reducing agent. Formula: CH3CHO
  • acetic ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , having a fragrant, fruitlike odor: used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfumes, flavorings, and confections, and as a solvent for paints, varnishes, and lacquers.
  • acetoacetate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetoacetic acid.
  • acetone body — ketone body
  • acetonitrile — a colourless organic chemical, CH3CN, used chiefly as a solvent
  • acetophenone — a colorless liquid, C 8 H 8 O, having a sweet odor: used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume.
  • acetostearin — a waxlike, nongreasy solid, C 23 H 44 O 5 : used chiefly as a food preservative and as a plasticizer.
  • acetyl group — the univalent group, CH 3 CO–, derived from acetic acid.
  • achievements — Plural form of achievement.
  • acid-tongued — bitingly critical or sarcastic; sharp-tongued: a critic famous for his acid-tongued reviews.
  • acoustimeter — a portable electronic device for measuring noise levels, especially those of traffic.
  • acquaintance — An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well.
  • acquirements — Plural form of acquirement.
  • acquittances — Plural form of acquittance.
  • acrophonetic — relating to the use of symbols to represent sounds
  • act the goat — to fool around
  • actabilities — Plural form of actability.
  • actinometers — Plural form of actinometer.
  • actinometric — Of or pertaining to actinometry.
  • actinomycete — any bacterium of the group Actinomycetes, usually filamentous in form
  • actinostelic — Of or possessing an actinostele.
  • action movie — film focussed on action sequences
  • active layer — (in arctic or subarctic regions) the layer of soil, above the permafrost, that thaws during the summer.
  • active voice — a voice of verbs used to indicate that the subject of a sentence is performing the action or causing the event or process described by the verb, as kicked in the boy kicked the football
  • acute accent — the diacritical mark (´), used in the writing system of some languages to indicate that the vowel over which it is placed has a special quality (as in French été) or that it receives the strongest stress in the word (as in Spanish hablé)
  • acute-angled — (of a triangle) having three acute angles
  • adaptatively — In an adaptative manner.
  • adapter ring — a type of circular mount used for attaching a filter or some other piece of equipment to a camera lens
  • adaptiveness — in a state that has a capacity for adaptation
  • adder's-meat — the greater stitchwort
  • addictedness — the state of being addicted
  • adelie coast — a part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land: the mainland section of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)
  • adenectomies — Plural form of adenectomy.
  • adeodatus ii — Saint, died a.d. 676, pope 672–676.
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